Grown man at cinema on his own

[Littlebluecreature]

Watching Lilo & Stitch..is this odd?

Here with Dd, only one other family here…and this guy, munching on snacks..watching Lilo & Stitch

Is it just me 😂

We went to see Lilo and Stitch at the weekend. I thought it was ok, the DC enjoyed it and DH thought it was brilliant! 😂

Maybe this man has no one to go with? I didn’t think it was a movie just for kids.

2002 is 23 years ago!

🙄

23 years ago not 5.

You're okay and perfectly fine. 💓

I dropped my partner off at the cinema to watch a Tolkien thing recently and a documentary about pink floyd I think.

I don't mind LOTR but it finished late. I had work and he didn't so he got himself back.

He had a great time. And nothing wrong with it.

It's great not feeling so insecure that you must be accompanied all the time.

It isn't weird for a man to go anywhere he is permitted to be. The time to worry is when they start behaving weirdly when they're in a place they're permitted to be. Or when they try to get into places they're not permitted to be.

Look I'm rarely pleased to be put in the position of defending men but seriously, let the man live.

Not odd at all , my adult daughter would go to a Disney movie but it be fair she’d prefer to go with someone for company

My Dad has recently been widowed at quite a young age. My parents were together since they were nineteen. He's navigating life on his own without his wife and he's gingerly starting to get out and about and, generally have some kind of life doing things like this on his own. I'm cringing at the thought of some thoughtless, judgemental so and so starting a thread and calling him weird on Mumsnet, as that man at the cinema could well be in the same boat as my Dad. Not a nice thread, OP.

Theres no rule that says he cant?

I know a guy who goes to kids films alone all the time, not because he enjoys them particularly but because hes actually an award winning writer/director and part of his job is seeing the competition and noting what works/doesn't work on the big screen. But he always feels uncomfortable by people staring and whispering about him being alone at the cinema.

Granted, I’m not a man, but I often go to the cinema alone & in the middle of the day, especially kids films. In the main the kiddo’s are at school so it’s usually a bit less noisy.

Gosh, a lot of people seem to be unfamiliar with the concept of Disney adults / adult fans of Disney.
Wait until you all find out about adult fans of Lego (AFOL) 😁

DH (now aged 70-) also loves animation. (His specialist subject would be Studio Ghibli). He sits there on a Saturday watching Scooby Doo (and has alot to say about the more modern versions and their inadequacies). He has a PhD and used to be an auditor before he retired. He adores going to see 'children's films' which was very handy when the Dcs were small.

Its not about being 'cool girls' (kudos for being simultaneously misogynistic, rude and ignorant all in two words) but perhaps about being vaguely emotionally functional adults who have more life experience, perhaps.

Nothing wrong with going to the cinema on your own.

His film choice slightly odd but maybe he’s neurodiverse? Or just really likes Lilo & Stitch. Up to him.

"cool girls', really?

But well done for illustrating one more time how bitchy women can be. That's what I find so cringy, so there you go

Please remember there are youth and adults with developmental disabilities who enjoy films. Not suggesting every person who attends a family film with no children have a developmental disability but they do exist and they have as much rights to see a film. In fact just this weekend a neighbour's autistic son with learning disabilities and a cognitive disability, who happens to be 30 went to see it. I hope he had a great time.

I look at things like this, if someone is doing no harm let them do what works for them. Maybe he was feeling really low and seeing this film made him feel better. Maybe he was supposed to meet someone and they failed to show up for whatever reason. Maybe the film reminds him of someone he lost who loved Lilo & Stitch. The latter is true for someone I know whose son died by suicide. It was the first film she took him to when he was little. He died as a teen. She plans to go see it and wants to go alone.

I always believe if we had all the facts we'd question less and embrace more. We don't need to know all the facts to think kindly.

Get a life.

I'd be happier in a cinema with a lone man than someone on their phone. The light from your screen will be very distracting to those around you

You've clearly never met any Disney adults!

I dont want to be that person but my brother is 39 and autistic and would go to something like lilo and stitch on his own

You had a glass of wine? On your own?

The puritans of Mumsnet will frown - frown I tell you! - on that!

Why is it more odd than a woman on her own? Sad reflection of the world today. A man on his own suddenly becomes…. What? Would 2 men be ok?

Oh God, my husband has just signed up for a cinema pass for something to do and now I'm worried he is going to be judged for going on his own!!

I wouldn't consider mid 30s middle aged tbh!

It would only stand out to judgemental people who can't mind their own business.

Loads of adults like disney films. He could be going to see it so he can discuss with his kid who can't be with him. He could have autism like my nephew and love animated movies.